Rhône Valley
Cornas - 2023 - Jean Michel Stephan
Maison Stephan
We’re thrilled to see Jean-Michel Stéphan crafting wine from this appellation, delivering a glass bursting with black fruit, blackberry, musk, and a hint of forest floor. The palate is all about elegance—a sublime, age-worthy wine. Decanting is recommended in its youth.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Cornas
- Degree of alcohol
- 12.5 %
- To drink from
- 2026 to 2032
- rock’n’roll
100% Syrah sourced from young, organically farmed vines planted at 400 meters altitude on granite soils rich in mica. The vines are gobelet-trained and hand-harvested. Naturally vinified at Maison Stéphan’s cellar in Tupin: whole-cluster fermentation with a 7-day semi-carbonic maceration, gentle pressing, and 12 months of aging in 228L oak barrels from the Tronçais forest, aged 10 years (no new oak). Bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without added sulfites.
Jean-Michel Stéphan
Jean-Michel Stéphan, a man who respects and draws inspiration from the past, while also being modern and innovative, created his estate in 1991. It stretches over 4.5 ha in the Côte-Rôtie, including such legendary vineyard sites as Tupin, Semons and Bassenon. His vineyards are made up of 30% Sérine (considered the original stock of Syrah, a pure grape variety which makes wines finer, more full...
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